According to the Innocence Project, 70 percent of exonerations involved cases in
which eyewitness testimony was used to obtain a conviction.
The sound installation Witness (2000), involves small microphones hung from the ceiling, through
which eyewitness accounts of UFO encounters are played in a number of different languages.
As a result, a number of researchers are turning their attention to helping police departments and juries better understand the circ u mstances under
which eyewitnesses observe crimes and later identify a suspect.»
These were all cases in
which eyewitnesses had identified a suspect who had been arrested for the crime (usually sexual assault) and biological material from the perpetrator was available for comparison with the suspect's.
A lawyer with this kind of knowledge and expertise will know how to gather evidence that will advance your case, they will know the subject matter experts to employ and
which eyewitnesses to use.
Not exact matches
And the Bible,
which includes attested
eyewitness accounts of Jesus» life, teaching and ministry, would be a good place to start.
and if you really want to directly access the scholarship (without the humorous additions for the purpose of speaking), read Richard Bauckham's «Jesus & the
Eyewitnesses» in
which he presents this statistical data outright.
This guy is, in essence, asserting that at that time no one knew anything about places they didn't live, therefore if anything they said about Israel is accurate then they were there and
eyewitnesses to everything and the gospels are correct and magic happened,
which is completely moronic and without evidentiary support.
«By further reflecting that the clearest evidence would be requisite to make any sane man believe in the miracles by
which Christianity is supported, — that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible, do miracles become, — that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of
eyewitness; — by such reflections as these,
which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelation.
The author summarizes the agreements among scholars about the New Testament texts and the problems they face in trying to recover the historical Jesus — the lack of
eyewitnesses and the fact that the Gospels were not written individually and probably not by the authors to
which they were traditionally ascribed.
So on that note, I'll close with this: Acts 17:10 - 12 written by Luke, the same author of the Gospel according to Luke,
which was his own
eyewitness account of the person of Jesus Christ.
However, recent scholarship
which focuses on literary details within the Gospels themselves has demonstrated that they are in fact the product of
eyewitness testimony —
which was best historiographical practice at the time.
a) the miraculous accounts are all in the earliest records —
which NOTABLY are within the lifetime of
eyewitnesses.
2 Given this author's care and demonstrated reliability, as well as his contact with
eyewitnesses within the first generation after the events, this man can be trusted when it comes to matters in the life of Jesus for
which we do not enjoy independent confirmation.
You are assuming that even if the author of the Gospel of Matthew was not an
eyewitness that the information
which he tells was received from persons who were
eyewitnesses.
We're in a different genre here from that represented by, say, the Gospel narratives of Jesus» last days or the stories of the reign of King David in 2 Samuel,
which read much more like
eyewitness history.
You are assuming that Matthew the tax collector, member of the Eleven and therefore
eyewitness to the life of Jesus, wrote the book
which we today call, «The Gospel of Matthew», the book
which makes most of these prophecy claims.
So on one hand we have Jesus... in
which we have
eyewitness testimony, who even secular historians acknowledge lived, and KNOW that humans exist.
That is why they lay such stress on this part of their story; and not they alone, but the «original
eyewitnesses and servants of the gospel» who transmitted the memories on
which they worked.
Everything indicates that Paul himself interpreted the lightning - struck encounter with the resurrected Lord on the way to Damascus as an appearance
which links his experience to the chain of
eyewitness testimonies of the life of Jesus and of the resurrection (Acts 22:14, 15; 26:15 - 20).
Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things
which have been fulfilled among us, just as those who from the beginning were
eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus, that you may know the certainty of those things in
which you were instructed.
The meaning of testimony seems then inverted; the word no longer designates an action of speech, the oral report of an
eyewitness about a fact to
which he was witness.
No single man whose work and influence on the tradition we can trace shows any signs of the interest in historical reminiscence and accuracy
which the opponents of form criticism ascribe to the «
eyewitnesses».
As the tradition developed and the community moved farther and farther away from
eyewitness knowledge, the moment of this declaration, or designation, or installation, was moved farther and farther into the earthly life, being associated first with the transfiguration —
which was itself probably an original resurrection appearance moved forward into the earthly life --
Christianity,
which is fueled by
eyewitness, evidence, prophecy, and holiness — and in this same Christianity the bible says «But though we, OR AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN, preach any other gospel unto you than that
which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed»... Muhammad was already warned!
and even ones in
which the «
eyewitnesses» play a considerable role: the Confession at Caesarea Philippi, discussed above, and the Transfiguration.»
You said Genesis was «written through 5
eyewitness accounts»,
which would mean humans were
eyewitnesses to the creation of the world.
AND the
eyewitness accounts are all people recounting stories they heard from other people... NOT the actual
eyewitnesses,
which make it even less reliable.
The gestation period for the Gospel material is at most only a generation or so, a period of time in
which there were still numerous
eyewitnesses to corroborate or correct this or that form of a Jesus tradition.
Aside from
eyewitnesses of the resurrection
which you have the option not to believe, the Christian movement itself
which has contributed so much good for humanity around the globe is the greatest proof of Jesus Christ's existence.
; 1 John 1:1 ff.; John 15:27; Acts 5:32; John 19:35; 21:24; and compare also the importance of the tradition (paradosis) about Jesus, and the
eyewitness character of the oldest tradition about the passion to
which Dibelius has called our attention.)
which he didn't seem to find satisfactory, and that his sources had given him
eyewitnesses testimony.
We have no
eyewitness accounts of his life,
which seems to be an amalgam of all of the various savior myths common in the Middle East at the time.
Were his sources
eyewitnesses themselves or were his sources associates of
eyewitnesses giving him «
eyewitness» testimony from their source or sources,
which would make Luke's information, at best, second hand information.
Further, according to Luke original
eyewitnesses had «handed over» information to him (Luke 1:2), and according to Jude the faith could be described as that
which had been «handed over» to the saints.
There are very great difficulties, as has been pointed out, in the way of accepting the whole of the gospel as the work of an original apostle, but much of the material in the gospel implies knowledge
which only an
eyewitness can have possessed.
For their intention in writing was that either from their own memory and recollections, or from the witness of those who «themselves from the beginning were
eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word» we might know «the truth» concerning those matters about
which we have been instructed (see Luke 1:2 - 4).
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She worked closely with a producer at
Eyewitness News helping to design 16 parenting segments in
which she appeared as the expert.
«While Mr Woyome was enjoying his meal, the man stood at a distance and watched him for some time, after
which he approached him to find out whether he was the Woyome who had defrauded the state,» the
eyewitness asserted.
We have open - source
eyewitness reports of the attack coming from barrel bombs dropped by helicopters,
which is not a tactic opposition groups have used but does correlate precisely with how the Syrian regime conducted previous actions of this sort.
The crash,
which occurred early on Thursday morning according to
eyewitnesses, involved an articulated truck carrying...
David Cameron had tasked him with investigating that infamous «
eyewitness» email
which appeared to corroborate the police log, and
which we now know was written by an off - duty police officer — and that he did.
Eyewitnesses reported the attacker was heard to shout «Britain First» during the incident in
which Mrs Cox was «shot three times» and «repeatedly stabbed with a foot - long knife».
Speaking on the Point Blank segment of
Eyewitness News, Mr. Simons said: «When you look at how much SSNIT invests and the mechanisms through
which it invests, you have to start becoming very worried.
Assemblywoman Diane Richardson's 50 - minute rant during the Board 17 meeting Monday night faulted Jews for gentrifying in her district,
which includes East Flatbush, Flatbush, Crown Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens, according to an
eyewitness.
An
eyewitness, Mr Joel Abraham told DAILY POST that the incident
which occurred around 8:30 pm left three officers of the NDLEA dead while three others escape unhurt.
An
eyewitness said gunshots were heard while the fight lasted in Monatan area,
which was one of the trouble spots.
Speaking on
Eyewitness News, Mr. Fuseini supported this call saying, «If you are in public office and you misconducted yourself in public office
which is bordering on corruption or any other matter, you should be prepared to answer for it.